[muir_redwoods]

"Well, yeah, but the intent is not to actually help with solving crimes, the intent is to make it more expensive and difficult for law-abiding citizens to own guns."

Why on earth do they continue to piss-off the people who are already armed? Not good tactics

[.38sw]

Why on earth do they continue to piss-off the people who are already armed?

That's the good cause reason that state senator Don Pistol Pakin' Perata gives on his application for his concealed carry permit. He believes that he is in danger by crazed gun-owners due to his support for gun control measures. He has one of the very few ccw permits in Alameda county.

[coloradan]

Why on earth do they continue to piss-off the people who are already armed? Not good tactics

Well, it's worked just fine so far. Why not just keep on pushing? Gun owners have been remarkably patient so far, and I think they're banking on a continuation of that patience.